HR Strategy

HR Excellence in Research

IMDEA Water has received the official acknowledgement from the European Commission for excellence in Human Resource management for researchers.

IMDEA Water was the first Spanish institution to receive this official and important acknowledgement and to be entitled to use the logo "HR excellence in research", becoming part of a growing group of Institutions accredited with this distinction (406 institutions in March 2018).

On 3 March 2015, the first two hundred Deans and Rectors from universities and research institutes to have implemented the European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers received the ‘HR Excellence in Research' Award for their efforts to create attractive working conditions for researchers in Europe. - See more at: http://www.water.imdea.org/news/2015/imdea-water-received-hr-excellence-...

On 3 March 2015, the European Commission hosted a conference to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Charter and Code. The first two hundred Deans and Rectors from universities and research institutes (incluiding IMDEA Water) to have implemented the European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers received the ‘HR Excellence in Research' Award for their efforts to create attractive working conditions for researchers in Europe.